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23 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal displacement of teeth |
Luxation |
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An injury produced by an external force |
Trauma |
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Complete displacement of a tooth from alveolar bone |
Avulsion |
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Abnormal displacement of teeth out of bone |
Extrusion |
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The breaking of a part |
Fracture |
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Abnormal displacement of teeth into bone |
Intrusion |
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Radiolucent or Radiopaque: Root & Jaw Fractures |
Radiolucent Line |
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Resorption that is a process that is seen with the normal shedding of primary teeth |
Physiologic |
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Resorption that is a regressive alteration of tooth structure that is observed when a tooth is subjected to abnormal stimuli |
Pathologic |
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Affects the apices of the teeth, the apical region appears blunted, and the length of the root appears shorter than normal |
External Resorption |
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Occurs within the crown or root of a tooth and involves the pulp, appears as a round-to-ovoid radiolucency in the mid crown or midst portion of a tooth |
Internal Resorption |
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A diffused calcification of the pulp chamber and pulp canals of the teeth, decrease in pulp size, unknown reason, associated with aging |
Pulpal Sclerosis |
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Tooth that does not appear to have a pulp chamber or pulp canals because of production of secondary dentin |
Pulpal Obliteration |
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Calcifications that are found in the pulp chamber or pulp canals, cause unknown |
Pulp Stones |
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Appear as round, ovoid, or cylindric radiopacities |
Pulp Stones |
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Lesion that is located around the apex of a tooth |
Periapical Lesion |
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Localized mass of chronically inflamed granulation tissue at the apex of a nonvital tooth |
Periapical Granuloma |
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initially seen as a widened periodontal ligament space at the root apex |
Periapical Granuloma |
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A lesion that develops over a prolonged period |
Periapical Cyst |
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A localized collection of pus in the periapical region of a tooth that results from pulpal death |
Periapical Abscess |
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Well-defined radiopacity that is seen below the apex of a nonmetal tooth with a history of long standing pulpitis |
Condensing Osteitis |
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Well-defined radiopacity that is seen below the apices of a vital, noncarious teeth |
Sclerotic Bone |
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Excessive deposition of cementum on tooth surfaces |
Hypercementosis |
